Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-14

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And the old warrior flung himself down
before us, and cl;isped Sir Henry's knees,
and wcpt aloud for jov
CHAPTER xix.
IGNosI's FAREWELL.
Ten days from that eventful morning
found lis once more III our old quarters at
Loo; and, strange IL say. but little the
worse for our terrible experience except
that my Stubby hair came out of that cave
about three shades grayer than it went in,
ami that Good never was quite the same
after Foulata's death, which seemed to move
him very greatly. l am bound To say that,
looking at the thing from the point of view
OF nj oidiSh man Of the world, | consider
since, otherwise, complications would have
been sure to enSaa. The poor creature WAS
no ordinary native girl, but a person of
great, had almost said stately, beauty, and
of considerable refinement of mind. But no
amount of beauty or refinement could have
made an entang emeIt between Good and
herself a deSIrab G occurrences: tor. as she
herself put it, Can tae sun mate with the
| darkness, or the white with the black"'
[ need hardly state that we never again
| penetrated into S0!0mOn'S troaSure-chamber.
| After we had recovered from our fatigues, q
| process which tO;,a lis fOrtY-eight hours, we
| descended into the great pit in the hope of
| finding the hole by Which we had crept out
i
BEGIN with, rain had fallen, and Oblterated
| our spoor; and what is more, the sides of the
/ vast pit were futl OF ant-bcar and other
holes. It was impossible to say to which OF
| these we owed our salvation. We also, on
| the day before we started back to Loo made
| a further examination of the wonders of the
Stalactite cave, and, drawn by = kind of rest
| less feeling, even penetrated once more into
| the Chamber of the Dead; and, passing be-
meath the spear of the White Death, gaZed,
-,tt En
| possible for me to describe, at the mass of
| rock which had shut lis Off from escape,
| thinking, the while, of the priceless treas
ureS beyond, OF the mysterious Old hag,
! whose fiatteDed fragments lay crushed BE-
7leat.i It, and Of the fair girl of Whose tomb
| it was the portal. L gaZed at the rock
| for examine as we would, we could find no
! traces of the joint OF the sliding door; nor,
indeed, could we hit upon the secret, now
utterly lost. that worked it, though We tried
| for an hour or more. 1t WIS certainty q
| marvellous bit OF mechanism, characteristic,
| III its massive ana yet lllscrutab.e simplicity,
! of the age which produced it; and doubt ii
| the world has sucn another to show.
| AT last we gave 1t NJ Ill disgust, though,
| if the mass had suddenly risen before our
eyes, | doubt if we should have screwed up
| courage to step over Glg00PS nangled re
| mathis and once more enter the treasure
chamber, even Ill tile sure and uncertain
| hope of unlimited diamonds. And yet /
c0ulu nave crltO at Tile lttSd OIL leaving all
| that treasure the biggest treasure probably
| that has ever In the worlds history been ac-
| cuiiiu.atCd In one spot But there was no
help for it. Only dynamite could force Its
| way through i've feet OF solid rock. And sc
| We lett it. PernaslS III some remote unborn
| century, more Fortunate explorer MAY hi
| upon the Open SESAME, and foOu the
| word with gems. But, myself, L uouDt il.
| Somehow, L seem to feel that the millions 0I
| pounds worth OF gems thaJ liz in the three
aIlif AN.AlS mi nT
| EARTHLY beauty. lie, anu EOulata' bones
| VIII keep coid company Til t.ie end OF All
| things.
| With 1t sigh of disappointment we made
| Out way Dacl, and Tx Xt dag started for Loo.
! And Yet 1t Was really vcr, un7rateful OF IL
| 10 be disappointed; for, as Tile reader will re-
| member, L lad, by II illchy thought, taken
| the precauLlOu 80 1fI Tie pOchctS OF my olu
| SAoOtIng-co..J Will Z, ms uclufe we lelG Oul
| prSon-ilolISt. a COCA li,eiy or these Tel
out III tie course OIL Our ru;i GOWN the side OF
| the PIT, inciuuln5 Hiuot the big ones
| Which L flau Ct,1iii.llou al Oh the top. But
| comparatively speaking. all enormous guam
| TIT, otiu rGlnaIIva, ,tl..us..,- cl-illeCn large
Stories ait-., ,to!ii Il .."tL ,ile Itlindred aHu
| JiitfG, C..td., nj Mis-. III! uiu shooting
| c,,tJ c.uu,.. lrC.,-urc TO make liz
aii, IL lIUI l,i..iOlllilr>. Ill .e.tot eNcetdlng
| wealthy nrii, diEt Yet =, Keep enough Siones
! eslCll L., iilaAU LnfuU n SETS gems III
| Europe. 30 We .l,iu not uu.io 50 bad -.
On arrival, at l. ~, We &C inJoo cordial
| ~ loccisU,, u, i-i.1ai, Whom We found Well,
| anu Dtloi:y cuaaScd consolidating his
| pon,rS, anu rcUiSaliiZii5 i.ic rvSnlet,s
| wiI4cl it cIitfcre> most III iilt great Stru5-
| gIc Win L W:t.d.
| lie listened with Ur2ashIess Interest TO ouI
wundtffiu story, uuJ When We tolu ninl oi
| Old GSUUfS lrlGntfui end he grew Thought
| 1ui.
/ Come hitlIer,'' liz. caIed 10 ii very old
| 1nduna (councnor), Wlo was sitting Will
1
ear-snoI. The old nluh lose, Approached,
salued and seated himself.
Thou art o." said gnosi.
''Ay, nv lord the king!''
| Tell ME, when thou vast little, dldst
thou know GagooI the witch-doctress?'
''Ay, my lord the kingp'
| ''HoW was she then--yOung like thee?'
Not so, my lord the king! She was even
as now; old and dried, very ugly, and full OF
| wickedness."
! '.She is No more. she is dead"
80, On, king! then CURSE Is taken from
! the land.''
| Cop
-, .ko 's 60, black puppy, who tore out
! .'Ye see, my brothers." said Ig.. 81, ''this
was strange woman, aud | rejoice at she
| is dead. She would have let We die i'm the
dark place, and mayhap afterwward she had
| found a way to Stay me as she found Il way
| to Stay my father, and set up Tw7ala, whom
her heart loved, in his place. Now go on
| With the tale; surely there never was the
| like!'
| After L had narrated all the story of our
escapt, |. as we had agreed between our
serves that l should, TOOK the opportunity to
! address IgnoSi as TO our departure from XII
| kllanaland.
-anu how, Ignos. tic time has come for
| us TO bid thee farewell, and start to seek once
| more our own Iand. Behold, Ignosi, with
| us thou earnest Il servant, and now We leave
| thee mighty king. Ii thou art grateful to
| W. remember To do even as thou didSt pro-
| lE.se; to rule justly, TO respect law, and to
| put none 10 dealt, without cause. So SHALT
thou prosper. Tomorrow, at break Of day,
lgnoSl, wilt thou give us an escort who shall
lead US across the mountains? Is il not So,
. kingg'
To be continued.